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April 15, 2009 12:06 PM
the white gold probably contains 18/24 pure gold if it is marked 18K (that seems a very high karat, especially for white gold). But all pure gold is the familiar yellow color and the way the ring is made white is either by using a white "bleaching" metal like palladium or nickel for the non-gold portion of the alloy, or by rhodium plating, or (most likely) both. Rhodium is more expensive than gold, not less, so you're not being cheated by the rhodium plating (although you should have been told about it). But I suspect your ring probably looks somewhat yellow without the rhodium plating and needs a very high quality rhodium plating job which can only be done at a properly equipped plating shop. Ask them if they are sending it out to a reputable ISO 9001 plating shop for quality plating, or whether they intend to try to plate your precious heirloom a 2nd time in a teacup in the back room as if it were a 3rd grade science project.
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